Valve



Nov. 13, 1923. 11,473,623

E. J. B. GORMAN VALVE Filed Sept. 25 19 20 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS/ PotentedNov, 113, 11923.

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PATENT @FFHQEO EUGENE I. B. GORMAN, OI DAY'I'QN, OHIO.

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Application filed September T a all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE J. B. GOR- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Valves, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to valves, and in particular to valves used inconnection with automobile tires and inner tubes.

The object of my invention is to provide a valve which may be actuatedfrom the side thereof. It is a matter of great convenience to attach anair hose or otherwise actuate the valve member in the wheat the side ofit rather than on the top directly over the valve member.

This is especially true in the case of the modern disk wheel. It isfrequently desired to get at the valve on a disk wheel and it is alwayslocated on the inside of the disk in order to enhance the appearance ofthe disk wheel.

. It is my object to provide such a valve readily detachable from: thedisk -wheel,

which will not rattle and which will enable the user to positivelyactuate the valve memher in the tire valve from the outsideof the wheel.All that will show on the outside of the wheel will be a neat anddecorative cap.

Referring to the accompanying drawings: the figure is a side elevationof a vertical section of the wheel, rim and valve mechanism.

1 refers to the tire, 2 the rim, 3 the disk wheel which is chambered at4 to permit of the insertion of the valve stem 5. The

' valve stem 5 contains the usual valve member or plunger 6. This valve5 is capped by a cap 7 which containsa cap member 8 having an annularprojection or shoulder A spring 10 abuts against one end of thisshoulder, having its other end restin upon a seat 11 of the cap. Thiscap has-a ateral right-angled ro ection, being "extended through the weel 3, as at 12. There is a stop plate 13 and a locking plate 14, be-

tween which the wheel 3 is embraced, and

the result of which is that the valve mechanism is securely locked inits relation to the wheel. The usual cap 15 is placed u n the end of theextension 12 when the ve icle is 25, 1920. Serial No. 412,844.

in motion or when it is not desired to actuate the valve mechanism.

When it.is so desired to actuate the valve mechanism in order to inflatethe tire, de- Hate it or otherwise adjust it, there is provided aplunger 16 having a rounded head 17 which is adapted to engage with theshoulder 9 on the cap member 8. This member 16 has one end reduced indiameter, as at 18, which passes through the guide 19 screwed into 12.Between this guide and the shoulder 20 on the member 16 is placed aspring which determines the approximate position of 16 when not inoperation andwhich serves to return it to its normal position afterhaving been actuated in a lefthand direction.

The result of actuating 16 in a left-hand direction is to bring itsrounded head 17 into contact with the shoulder 9, thus depressing thecap member 8 which, in turn, will depress the valve member 6. The resultof this is to allow the .free passage of air into or out of the valve 5.y

In case it is desired to remove the entire standard constructions ofwheel, valve and valve member, as well as rim, without modification ofany of the cooperating parts.

While I have shown and described certain features as constituting myinvention,

it will be understood that parts have been shown for purposes ofillustration only, and,

that I do not desire to be limited to such details, as obviousmodifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

Havin thus fully described my invention, what I c aim as new and desireto secure by LettersPatent, is;

1. In combination, a valve, a valve member, a wheel, a cap over saidvalve, a cap member therein adjustable to make contact with said valvemember, a plunger adapted to actuate said cap member and valve memher bymanipulation of the plunger from .the other side of the wheel, wherebythe will be actuated to permit the air to and 1' from the valve.

4. In a valve for tires or the like, a fitting valve member may beactuated from the other sideof the wheel to'permit of the passage of.air in the valve.

2. In combination, a valve, a valve member, a wheel, a cap on saidvalve, a cap member moving therein, a shoulder on said cap member, anextension of said cap at right angles thereto through said wheel, meanson said cap to ailix it to said wheel, a plunge-r moving in theextension of said cap adapted to make contact with the shoulder andactuate the cap member, whereby the valve permitted to pam to and fromthe valve.

member may be actuated and air may be 3. In combination, a valve, avalve member, a cap, means for detachably securing said cap to saidvalve, .av cap member mov able in the cap, means for normally maintaininsaid cap member out of engagement with t e valve member, a shoulder onsaid cap member, an extension at right angles to said cap member as apart thereof through said wheel, means on said extension for pre ventingthe movement of said cap member in one direction relative to said wheel,adjustable means on said cap member [for clamping said wheel between thelast-mentioned means and the adjustable means, a plunger with a conicalhead adapted to make contact with the shoulder on said cap member, meansfor maintaining said plunger in the extension of the capmember in anormal position, whereby when the plunger is abtu'ated the cap memberand valve member passage of having mpans for detachable connection tothe valve, and having a part in line with the v alx e and a partat anangle thereto, members in said fitting, the one moving in line with thevalve pin and the other moving at an angle thereto and adapted to movethe first, and said second named part having a portion arranged at theouter end of the fitting for engagement with a gauge or y the like.

5. In a. valve for tires or the like, a fitting having means fordetachable connection to the valve, and having a part in line with thevalve and a part at an angle thereto,

members in said fitting, the one moving in make a tight joint with thetire valve,a pin member having a guide abutting" against said packingwasher, a spring normallyv holding said pin membergin its uppermostposition, said pin member being adapted when depressedto open the valve,a second in member moving at an angle with the first and having apartadjacent to the end of the fitting for engagement with a gauge or thelike, and the pin members having a 'wedging connection at their adjacentends whereby a movement of the second member is transmitted to thefirst.

In testimon whereof I aflixm si nature. UGENEJ. B. G R AN.

